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The big stramer Great Eastern has
l?e.-n hired for $100,000 for six months
by a great English firm of retail traders,
and is anchored in the river Mersey at
Liverpool during the Exhibition. It is
used for hotel purposes and for a monster
baz&ar and entertainment.
it is not often that a carpet becomes
more valuable with use, butjone that had
been used on the floor of the assayingroom
of the br.tnch mint in San Francisco
proved a bonanza on being burned.
A brick of gold and silver weighing between
nineteen and twenty pounds, and
worth JfiS.Sia'J, was ootainea irom ine
ashes.
The strongest intoxicating liquor in
the world is probably the Shain-sho,
used by the natives Qf Burmah and said
to be made of rice and lime. It is so
powerful that it will dissolve a MartiniHenry
bullet in thirty minutes. Temp.rauce
societies arc endeavoring to induce
the government to suppress the
deadly poison.
Sheep arc being told at sixpence per
head in many parts of New South Wales,
Australia. The depression has been
caused by the unprecedented dryness of
the -season, and only by the ruinously
low value of wool. i lie prospect in me
colony is considered to be exceedingly
gloomy, but Australian mutton will be
very cheap in Europe.
Sir John Lubbock, at areccnt meeting
of a natural science association in London,
exhibited a very strange pet. It
was a tame wasp which had been in his
possession for about three months. It
ate sugar from his hand and allowed him
to stroke it. The wasp had every appearance
of health and happiness; and,
although it enjoyed an "out'ng"' occasionally,
it readily returned to its bottle
which it seemed to regard as a home.
The importation of oleomargarine, ox
Jmtterins as it is called there, into the
"United Kingdom in the first four months
of the present year reached the startling
figure of 327.375 hundred weight. The
English dairy fnrmcr is thoroughly
- alarmed. Mr. Bright and the Cobden
Club, since it has become unprofitable to
raise grain, have been telling the farmei
to "try something cl6e"?stock raising
and dairy farming for example. Now
the unrestricted importation of butterino
threatens to inflict a serious blow to th?
dairy interests. The British farmers are
demanding protection against the sale ol
butterine as it is now sold. They are
supported by the London Post, which declares
they have a right to be protected,
and Parliament will be petitioned to
?rant relief.
m.. . ?.
As a calculation as to what can b3 done
in the way of sustaining population, the
following, from a Belgian correspondent
of the London Mark Lane Express, will
be read with interest: "The little country
of Belgium has 480 persons to the square
mile, or three to every four acres. That
is, four acres are to support three persons.
If tbc United States were equally
crowded the population would be 1,650,000,000,
or more than the population ol
the whole world. One acre, perfectly
cultivated, can easily support one person.
It is possible to produce sixty bushels ol
wheat on one acre, and this is equivalent to
the whole support of at least two persons.
It kis simply a matter of calculation and
management. Belgium shows what can
be done, and it is well done, for we do
not hear of distress in that busy country,
nor of paupers, nor a rush of dissatisfied
Belgians crowding away to better their
condition. It shows that high farming
and excellent cultivation of the soil are
profitable, and may be taken as one ol
the facts that prove this to be a settled
principle of agricultural economy."
The Chicago Tribune remarks that
4tthere are plenty of men who know a
good thing when they sec it, but few,
very few, can tell a good cigar when
* they see one, or even when they smoke
It. . This fact is not generally known,
and numbers of smokers will be loath to
believe it, but it is nevertheless true. No
expert dealer will dare to bet on a cigar
as to whether it is a Havana or a domestic
one. The imagination works extensively
in the smoking of a cigar, and a
person Used to reveling in a five-center
enjoys himself quite as much as the twofor-a-quarter
individual, and if the
former were given the latter's cigar he
would turn his nose up in disgust at the
flrrwna. The normlaritir of a certain cierai
depends upon the smoker's liking for
that flavor. To obtain various flavors
manufacturers have secrct combinations
of tobaccos, and these are as numerous
as the combinations of colors. A sample
combination is a Pennsylvania filler,
and a Havana seed or Sumatra wrapper.
The ten-cent cigar by an honest manufacturer
is made up of a Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, or Wiscontin binder, a
Havana filler, and Sumatra or Havana
seed wrapper. Havana seed is the seed
of Havana tobacco brought to this country
and grown here. A great many
?,-jgars, however, are sold as Havana
filler when the filler is mixed with domestic
tobacco. The manufacture ol
these cigars costs much less, but thej
enit as well, and buyers seldom know
the difference. The taste in cigars is
most deceptive, and a dozen men would
have as many different opinions of the
same cigar. If the friend to whom you
hand n five-cent cigar says, as he always
does, "By jingo, this is a fine cigar," do
not think him a connoisseur, but a base
deceiver. The finest impoited cigars
when placed in a box labeled ''five cents"
would be called rank by the smoker oi
five-centers. Thus cigars cannot sell on
their merits from the manufacturer's
ftandpoint, and many are sold simply on
the amount of advertising done for them;
and these cigars, consumers can rely upon
it, are generally poor, the difference pay
ing for the advertising." I
The Rev. J. H. Munro, of Philadelphia,
says that the reason why so many
Clergymen go to j&urope cver^ buihiuu
Is that the expenses of the trip are but
little if any more than those covering a
summer jaunt in this country; and that
the great advantage is that when once
icross the water they are not likely to
be reached on "any little emergency."
The most extravagant method of committing
suicide yet heard of has just bsen
invented by a French artilleryman stationed
at the Fontainebleau barracks.
He charged a big gun with a mitraille
box containing no less than one hundred
and twenty-three large bullets; then he
elevated the gun so that it should be on
a level with his chest, and then, by a
mechanical arrangement, he discharged
it. The experiment was perfectly satisfactory
from a scientific point of view,
although probably rather costly to the
state.
The only means of which we can cou
ceive with human power for the prevention,
or at best the rendering less frequent,
of cyclones, i? in the covering of
the faee of the country as much as possible
with trees and verdure. Let there
be ascending moisture instead of ascending
currents of heated air. In the great
timbered valleys of the Amazon cyclones
are unknown; yet when we look al
the formation of the land, it is probably
one of the most monotonously level
regions on the face of the earth. In the
vast area drained by the Amazon and its
tributaries might be packed the whole
United States and not one of its boundaries
would anywhere be touched.
Seen from any of the eastern spires of
the Andes, this whole region is a sea or
verdure. The boundless and unbroken
forests give it the appearance of an illimitable
moadow. From the grassy
steppes of Venezuela to the treeless pampas
of Buenos Ayres expands this sea of
vendure. In it we might at almost any
point draw a circle of eleven hundred
miles in diameter, within which all
would be an unbroken evergreen forest.
And so matted, corded, and festooned
with vines are all the trees of this forest,
and such is the exuberance of the undergrowth,
that a Vmacheta" must be used
with which to hew a way into the wall
of vegetation thc'momcnt the voyager on
one of the rivers puts foot ashore from
his canoe. Such is the steaming moisture
within thess great forests that salt soon
becomeB brine, the best refined sugar
becomes syrup, epsom salts ana many
other kinds of medicine deliquesce, and
the best gunpowder becomes liquid in a
few days, even when inclosed in a
canister. Take away the forests and
verdure, and leave this region~a vaat
desert plain, and it would no doubt at
once become a very play-ground oi
cyclones. _____
Interference Resented.
Toti Corwin asserted one day in his
committee room that it was never safe to
interfere between husband and wife, and
in support of his declaration narrated an
instance which occurred when he was
animated by the ardor and chivalry of
youth. Traveling in a little-frequented
rural district, he came upon a cabin from
behind which he heard the angry voice
of a man mingled with the screams of a
woman, and at regular intervals a hickory
singing through the air as if well
laid on. He rode round to get sight of j
the cause of all this clamor, when he saw
a burly-looking fellow thrashing his wife
like fury, with a stick too formidable to
be within the meaning of the statute.
On seeing our friend, the billigerent sus4V?A
(ieTiAtrai* Af fimlior1' pQcprl
jpt'liutu, IUG cuvn vi v/a V?>u vv? wmwWM
to fall, and there was a great calm of a
few moments' duration. The young
man, whose wrath had suddenly waxed
hot against the cruel husband, cried out.
"You brute! you rascal! throw down
that whip, and don't touch that woman
again, or I'll wear it out over your own
ugly carcass! you savage, you!" Who
should respond to this valiant defiance
but the in jured lady herself. Turning
her bloused hair out of her face, and giving
her fist a portentous shake, she
squalled out: "He's as good as you are,
you gawky, good-for-nothing creeter,
you!"?Bsn: Perlcy Poore.
A Hit at Adulterations.
A Madrid paper narrates a serie9 of
fatalities to which three members out of
a family of four fell victims in that city,
and the story is one that seems as if it
might have happened in New York. The
family were flies, a brother and three
sisters. They were in search of food. The
eldest sister alisrhted upon a sausage and |
ate heartily, The second satisfied her
hunger on some flour. The third drank
with avidity from a pitcher of milk. Then
they assayed to fly,but in a few moments
all three fell dead. The sausage had been
given its fine red color by means of a
poisonous aniline dye. The flour contained
a fatal percentage of plaster of
Paris. The milk had in it so much chalk
that no well-regulated fly could drink it
and live. The unhappy brother, seeing
himself surrounded by the corpses of his
dear sisters, in his grief determined upon
su'eide. lie launched himself upon a
gray sheet of pap^r bearing the inscription:
"Fly* paper?sure to kill," and
sucked its deadly poison greedily; but
in vain. The more he took of it the better
lie felt. lie was doomed to live.
"Fly paper" was also falsified.?New
York Hun.
Another Earth.
Mars is almost universally accepted as
being a kind of duplicate earth. It is
endowed with land, water, clouds and
air, and snow accumulating around its
poles in their respective winter seasons.
The atmosphere of the planet i?, however,
obviously much moro rare thau that of
the earth, sd that it only exerts at the
planet's surface as a pressure of about
two pounds and a quarter to the square
inch. The climate of Mars is concaved, |
from the small amount of snow that accumulates
at the poles of the plauet, to
be comparatively mild. The water is
distributed into a very curious scries of
I long parallel canals which run out from
the ocean basins to an extent in some
places of three and four thousand miles.
Two inoous have been discovered sincc
1877, presenting a diameter of not more
than six or seven miles, and one of them
completing a revolution round the planet
in a little more than seven hours.?Edinburgh
Review.
In London, captive balloons, floating
above business houses, bear announcements
that they wish to make in big
letters.
THE FISHERY TROUBLES.
First Official Statement of Cani
ii'i.. jm ni
auus Aiiuuuu aim rums,
The Minister of Marine Says Canada
Has England's Support
The first official statement of Canada's atti- I
tude and plans regarding the fisheries imbroglio
was furnished a correspondent by the j
Hon. Mr. Foster, the Canadian Minister of
Marine and Fisheries, who arrived at St. '
Andrews, N. B., on a tour of investigation {
of the fisheries situation.
"Has there been any change in the orders j
for the enforcement of the terms of the treaty ]
of 1818 since the seizure of the David G.
Adams at Digby P asked the correspondent ,
"No, sir," replied Mr. Foster. "I have no- j
ticed reports published to the effect that j
there has been and that it was the intention i
to hereafter enforce the treaty only against 1
the fishing within the three-mile limit re- i
striction. Such reports had no foundation,and i
the reported interviews with me that have
been sent out from Ottawa have been just as s
baseless 1 have gever been interviewed (
upon the subject until now. In our position ,
we have the approval of the Imperial Gov- I
eminent, notwithstanding all reports to the
contrary."
"Then the imperial government has not recently
cautioned the Canadian government
and notified yo u that it would not support
you in the cour.eyou have been pursuing
toward the American fishermen?" j
"Oh, no. We have the full support of the j
Imperial Government It has been claimed (
by some persons, notably Senator Frye and (
Mr. Dmglev, that the^reaty of 1818 has become
obsolete because of subsequent reciprocal
legislation. I cannot see how 1
that can be. The convention was for
the settlement of the fisheries question alone, i
and the legislation that has subsequently 1
taken plare, and has been extended lor the f
benefit of the commercial relations of England i
and the United States. For this reason leannot
see how it can affect the fisheries at all. j
In all customs matters there is a very dIs;tin: t G
line drawn between merchant vessels and fish- f
ins vessels. Each are expected to pursue a i
different business, and to take out different
papers from the Custom House. The businesri
pursued is totally unlike, and why then
should legislation for the benefit of commer- *
cial relations bo construed as affecting the
action of the convention that settled the J
fisheries question in 1818?"
"Then any papers giving an American 8
fishing vessel the right to touch and trade
are ot no value in Canadian ports T'
"I have noticed that some confusion has
existed over that matter, and it has been .
claimed that an American Customs Collector |
could give a fisherman papers allowing him |
to touch and trade at Canadian ports. If 1
that could be done to an American ves- I
sel the Canadian Government could do 8
it to one 01 our nsmug vessels, uuu
the distinction between a fishing J
vessel and a merchant vessel would ba destroyed.
If an American merchant vessel
comes into our ports it experience? no difficulty
in obtaining anything it may desire, so
long as it obeys the custcms laws. The fishing
vessels are likewise expected to obey the
laws regarding the fisheries, and they are
based on the treaty of 1818."
"Then the only way in which an American
fishing vessel could lawfully obtain bait
would be to change its character for the
time being; that is, to take out papers of a
merchantman and clear for Digby or some
other port After entering at the Custom
House she could buy what bait might be
desired, but on leaving she must clear in the
same character for Lastport or some other
American port
"That's it. A vessel doing business as a
merchantman could do that. No vessel
could go from a Canadian port to the fishing
grounds without first going to an American
port"
"Are the orders given the Collectors of
Customs and the captains of the cruisers
identical regarding the enforcement of the
treaty?"
"Sot quite. Each, you know, is appointed
for a special purpose, and for that reason we
have not given tne Collectors of Customs so
rigid orders as we have given the captains ot ]
cruisers. Many of the Collectors, while good s
men for their regular work, are not exactly ?
the men who would be selected for ttie rigid (
enforcement of the fisheries treaty. They have v
not been selected for such discretionary t
work. They look out for violators as t
closely as they can. Their orders are to hold 1
a vessel believed to have violated the treaty i
till the matter is reported to Ottawa for advice.
It is of less injury to detain a vessel
twenty-four hours than to allow customs officers
to make seizures on the amount of information
they can at first obtain." t
"Are the cruisers under similar orders re- 1
garding first reporting cases to Ottawa?"
"Not quite. They can make seizures with- t
out such delays. When the cruisers are sent i
out < hey are given the orders that have been ]
prepared for them, and they are also interpreted
to them personally, that they may not i
be construed ditfe.ently by the difterent captains.
These orders are all private, and have j
never been made public, although I have ,
s?en published what was reported to be the
orders given to the cruisers and Collectors."
"Is not the forbidding tf vessels to obtain
coal and ice a pretty i igid interpretation of
the treaty which allows fishing vessels to ob- .
tain wocd and water;"
'"I don't know about, tbnfc. When the treaty
was made, you know, coal was net used for a 1
motive power. The provisions placed in the J
treaty were intended to cover possible necessities.
If a fishing vessel were to use coal in its ]
stove for cooking purposes,of course no objec- >
tion would be made to its taking on board a (
half ton (o keep its fires going,but as the supply t
of wcod was not intended to be used as a mo- j
nnwftr ro wa cannot allow coal to be r
taken on to furnish motive rower." t
MUSICAL AM) DRAMATIC).
S
Augustin Daly's New York Company *
is meeting with great success in London. 1
Mr. Edward Southern will support Miss
Helen Dauvray in "One of Our (Jirls" next
season.
Rubinstein, the pianist, made $25,000 during
bis recent visit in London. He gave only
eight concerts. . * y
Audran has composed a new operetta en- ]
titled "Indiana.'" which will shortly be produced
in London. j
The Kiralfy brothers are the owners of t
several new comic operas, which they may
produce next reason j
The leading men for Mr. Booth and Mr. i
Barrett next season are Charles Barron and
Newton Gotthold respectively. ?
Miss Mabel Jordan, an American nc- e
tiess, is c reating some stir in London, where
s'je appeared in Dagenet's play, "The Mem- ^
ber for Slocum." t
Miss Fanny Davenport opens her next ]
tour, October .,11th, at the Union Square j
Theatre, New York, where she will be seen in ' j
a varied repert.iro. g
M Coqcelin, tha great French comedian, T
who is to visit this country next season, has
tendered his resignation to the manager of <
the Comedie Francaise, Paris. ,
The American Opera Company, which f
ha3 just returned to ;\ew lorn alter a sue- i
cessful tour, is already making elaborate 6
preparations for next .season. J j
A report that George Gould, the elde4 | j
son of .lay Gould, has cone to Loudon to !
inarry Miss Edith Kingdon, of Daly's Com- ! ,
pany, excites much interest in New York.
Sarasate, the Spanish violinist, refused c
$500, which was offered him to accompany
Patti in a single song at her last concert bo- .
fore her marriage. He demanded $1,000.
Tilr-: new opera, librptto by Charles H. c
Ho t, music by Edward Solomon, entitled
"The Maid and" Moonshiners." will be pro- .
fluced in New York early in the autumn.
The marriage of Mme. Nilsson to tin e
Count Casa Miranda will take place in London.
Mme. Nilsson has already received
many valuable presents from her an'sto- f
eratic admirers.
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The amount of emery stone annually
shipped from Smyrna to Great Britain, the I
United States, France, Germany and Bel- \
giura averages 7,000 tons, the relative f^uan- (
ucy consumea in eacn country Deing m uuo \
order named. *- t
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Mrs. Hark Hopkins, the millionaire
widow, has for her factotum a youn? colored
man, who manages much of her busi- e
rfess and conducts a part of her correspond- r
tn:e. * t
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.
HfTfiTTWT f'n?nAv n imiincr PiiKan TlPPTfl
was hanged on tho flth iu the New "Vforl
Tombs for the murder of Mrs. Maria Wll
liains.
A great fire has been raging in the TVhifci
Mountains. Jiight houses and a large amoun
of cord woo 1 have been burned. The loss ii
estimated at $00,000.
A venturesome Philadelphian has beei
taking a ride through the whirlpools ol
Niagara Falls in a barrel. He made the dan
gerous trip safely.
R. Porter Lee, serving since 1882 in th<
Buffalo Penitentiary on a ten years' sentence
for emhezzling funds of tho First Nationa
Bunk of Buffalo, of which he was President
bas been pardoned by President Cleveland
who was one of the witnesses for the prose
:ution.
Rear Admiral Reed Werden, who re
tired from active service in the United Statei
Navy in 1877, died the other day at Ne wport
R L, in his sixty-eighth year.
Adrian Crucy and his sister Lacie, th<
last of a devoted French family that hac
lived for many years in one house on Lex
ington avenue, New York, were found dead
in their home a few days since, having com
nit.ted suicide by shooting themselves
Adrian was a commission merchant, fifty
me years old; his sister was fifty-nine. N(
reason was assigned for the act.
J. De Rivera & Co., a large New Yorl
sugar house, have failed for a heavj
i mount.
.Some fifty tanneries at Salem and Peax?dy,
Mass., closed on the 13th in couse
quence ot an an/einpo w reuuwj uuuia uj
abor. About 3,000 men were idle.
Sonth and West.
,;,Sam" Archer was hanged at Shoals, Ind.,
'or participating in the murder of Samuel
Bureh. Four months ago Archer's fathei
ind two brothers were lynched for the same
:rirae.
A long-contixued drought has seriously
n.uired crops in the West.
Eighty convicts at work in a brick yard
lear Pine Bluff, Ark., made a sudden breali
or freedom. The guards fired upon the
lesing prisoners, killing three and mortally
vounding a fourth. IS one escape:!.
Fifty people in a population of 500, comirising
tne village of Waterford, Wis., are
ick or dying from an epidemic of typhoid
ever. All save the sick and the doctors
lave fled from the place.
One man was instantly killed, two fatally
njured and a fourth badly hurt bv an ex)losion
in a coal mine at Buchtel, Ohio.
Crop reports from the Northwest continue
mfavorable. Extreiue heat and drought
lave caused much damage to wheat in maDy
ections.
Washington.
Colonel Chaille Long, who was with
Jeneral Gordon during the Soudan campaign,
has made a written application for
he Persian mission. Two appointees to this
wsition since Cleveland's election have reigned.
The Senate has rejected the nomination of
Fohn Goode, of Virginia, to be Solicitor-Genrnt
nf the TTnifftl hv a vntfi of 2?
Republicans to 25 Democrats. It has been
ho most important case before the Senate in
(xeeutive session, has occupied more time
hau any other, and has l>een more bitterly
on tested.
The President has vetoed the Senate bill
o provide for the erection of a public buildng
in tho city of Dayton, Ohio, on the
round that the public business does not retire
the $150,OC0 asked for.
Further nominations by tho President:
3d win D. Steele, of North Carolina, to be
Register of the Land Office at Evanston, W.
S. C. Boom, of California, to be Register
.t Humboldt, Cal.; David W. Hutchinson,
>f Pennsylvania, to be Receiver at Bismarck,
)ak; S. S. Smith, of Dakota, to be Receiver
.t Devil's Lake. Dak.; L. Foster Spencer, oi
Jew York, to be Indian Agent for Rosebud
Lgoncy, Dak.
The bill providing for a public building at
Vsbeville, N. C., has been vetoed by tha
'resident
The Postmaster-General ha? added 453
xjs t offices to the list of money order offices.
The President on the 13th withdrew the
lomination of- John E. Lamb, who has
>e<5:a nominated for Congress, to be
)isiirict Attorney for Indians, and
enl; in tho name of ex-United
States Senator David Turpie instead.
)ther nominations made by tho President
veie: George C. Munson, to be As ayer of
ho United Estates at Denver, Col. Postmas
er-?Augustas K. Griffin, at Hempstead, N.
if.; James Curran, at Hoboken, N. J.; Edmind
McKinney, at Keyport, N. J.
Foreign.
The Panama Canal Company has decided
o issue bonds instead of raising a lottery
0?:11.
Mr. Beecheu has been the recipient of e
>anquet in London, which was attended bj
Jnifced States Minister Phelps, Justice Stan
ey Matthews and other notable persons.
Special correspondent* iu Scotland and
Ireland, summing up the political situation,
:oincide in the conclusion that th9 defeat oi
kfr. Gladstone will only temporarily interero
with the concession of home rula to Irean<l
They intimate that the Tories in the
lext Parliament will be forced into an alii'
mce with the Parnellites to that encL
Th* Chinese are very actively engaged
n railroad building. *
T he Turkish Government has issued orden
o have the army again placed on a peac<
'oo ting.
Tiie fourteenth session of the Suprem<
Lodge, Knighbi of Pythias of the World
vhich openel in Toronto on the 13th, was at
-ended by more than 35,000 Knight:
mcl tbeir friends,principally from thaUnitoc
Tlnrino tnfl RAcsmn t.hA TTnirrKts ha/1 f
creat parade, public reception, a drill, elee
lion of officers, fireworks, excursions, and
ither festivities.
The three American fishing schooners
ei2ed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, for viola
ion of the fishery laws have been releasee
ipen the payment of fines.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Ex-Senator Windom is lecturing In the
Rfest on the "delations of Capital anc
l,&bor."
The JPre-ident will probably go to New
Snglaud in the fall. His wife wauts to s?(
hi? Berkshire Hills.
To one who saw her recently the Empress
Eugenie had a cheerful look, though clad
n raiments of the deepest black.
Mo.vtoo.merv Blair, son of Montgomery,
ind G. B. M.Clellan, son of "Little Mac,"
ire Princeton graduates this year.
Professor Proctor, the astronomer, is
tack in the country. He thinks he will now
ales up his permanent abode iu St. Joseph,
klo.
Representative Symes, of Colorado,
las such a heavy voice that he is ltnowi
imong the Indians of his district as Talking
["bunder.
Although Dr. Alonzo Clark, of New
fork, is eighty years of age he is still strong
mcl active and is the consulting physician
or four hospitals.
(Since Oscar WildeVmarriage his dress ha<
tesidily become le<s striking, while his wife
las taken to wearing robes of an outlandish
f not ridiculous kind.
For singing three songs and joining iu a
iuet in a receut eutertainment given at Lord
iot.bscliiM's London palace, Mme. raiu revived
a fee of $1,500.
Is* a single British regiment assigned to
he Soudan 106 men have died within the
ast month. Pe tilence and not the bullets
if the enemy decimate the ranks.
The oldest man io Congress is John T.
fVa it, of Illinois. He is seventy-seven years
ild, and after tilling five full terms he is
tgain a candidate for re-election.
The Baring Brothers, London bankers,
xe nearly as rich and as powerful as the
tothschilds. It is a half American house
nd keeps $00,000,000 "ready for instantaneius
use."
Mrs Ezekiel Webster, the widow of
)ani6l Webster's brother,who dropped dead
rhile making an argument in the Concord
Jotirt House in 1S29, is still alive and quite
igorous both in mind and body. She was
irejent at the recent dedication ceremonies
f the Webster statue at Concord.
Capitalists of Lo? Angele3, Cal., have
sts.blishei a factory for the manufacture of
ope from the yucca plant, hotter known as
ho Spanish bayonet.
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OFF FOR CANADA. '
. Flight of a Nebraska Bank President
with the Funds.
t His Son's Cool Announcement of His
Father's Defalcation,
i
t
A bank president's defalcation that is out
of the ordinary run of such affairs is re*
ported from Benkleman, Neb. A dispatch
* from that place gives the subjoined particu)
lars:
, President Beltzer, of the Dundy County
- Bank, of this place, started on Monday for
Lincoln as a director of the Nebraska State
. Fair Association, to make arrankements for
I, the annual meeting of that institution.
He left his bank in charge of his son, who
1 is in the jewelry business. The young
man conducted the affairs of the bank as
. usual for two days, but yesterday he locked
the doors and refused to admit the deposr
itors or to see anybody on banking business.
The report that the bank had closed spread
rapidly, and soon there was gathered a large
* crowd of frontiersmen, who ordered the
ITrtlltlT inn n nnon fV*a rf/v\ro on/1 Amlai'n kio
f W vy&u VUO UWiO UUU uiri
' conduct.
' Oh, I can do that," the young man coolly
c remarked, "and rather easily, too. The old
r cnan is safe in Canada by this time, and has
iaken with him the money the bank had. I
. :losed her simply because there was no money
. to do businoss on."
t The creditors were astounded at this announcement,
and hesitated in accepting it as
true. A committee which was aamitted to
the bank w?s soon convinced that the President
had taken not only the money, out also
, the securities that he could readily convert
I into cash. 1 he total amount of his larceny
is estimated variously at from $60,000 to
> f 100,000, and nothing remains.
Dundy is one of the youngest counties in
the State and its residents are principally
hard-working pioneers, many of whom have
, not yet completely proved their claims. The
; town is new and thrifty and the people are
' progressive. They had money, as a rule,
; and such as was not in use they entrusted
to Belt/er. He opened the bank three
years ago and has conducted its business
in a way to win the absolute confidence of
J the people. His reputation for square dealL
ing had spread throughout this part of the
State,and the surplus funds of several ranches
not in the immediate neighborhood were
intrusted to him. Until two weeks ago
he was the only banker here; but then
a new institution was started with such
, favor that it took from Beltzer's bank his
; son-in-law, who had been his cashier. At the
Lwut) illu cusuier icid iue .oeiczor rsann:, it is
said, its affairs were in good condition and
the cash on hand was about $70,000. The
negotiable securities and private papers on'
deposit for sife keeping would easily run the
i total up to ?100,000, and all these valuables
are missing.
Beltzer came here from the United States'
army, in which he was Second-Lieutenant.
He was fifty-four years old, and had a wife
and three children, upon whom he was lavish
with money and abuse. On the day of his
departure ha whipped his wife brutally, and
t then to at^ne for his conduct deeded her all
his properly, which, however, was not
much. He has Jeft absolutely nothing for
the creditors. Mrs. Beltzer has the confidence
aud sympathy of the deluded people,
and they will not endeavor to disturb her in
the pittance given her by her husband's last
a-t. The excitement is intense, and were
Beltzer present he would receive rough treat'
ment
LATER NEWS,
The Now Hampshire Prohibitionists have
nominated Colonel Joseph Wentworth for
Governor. *
Continuous rains in North Carolina have
greatly injured crops in many places.
' Great damage has resulted all over Ohio#
. from a heavy hail storm.
\ A fire at Merced, CaL, destroyed a warehouse
containing 12,030 tons of wheat and five
1 cars loaded with the grain. The total loss is
$250,000, *
i Near rena, Texas, a nouse in wmcn rour
1 women were sleeping was struck by light'
ning, and &11 were instantly killed.
[ Drought has caused a total failure of the
crops in many Texas counties, and such is the
; desolation that prevails the National Govornment
has been applied ta for aid.
A. B. Thompson, Cashier of the Provident
Savings Bank, one of the leading savings institutions
of St. Louis, has absconded after
embezzling over $60,000. The bank has collapsed,
and many poor depositors will bo
| heavy sufferers.
A fatal riot is reported from Belfast, Irei
land. Two Orangemen and a policeman were
' killed and fifteen persons were takon to the
" hospitals suffering severely from wounds.
^ Four taverns aud a number of dwelling
houses were wrecked. Two Orangemen were
t also shot dead in a riot at Waterford.
Philip Philgard, aged sixteen, while
walking with an uplifted umbrella during a
shower at We,tport, Conn, was struck by
lightning and instantly nuieu.
' The Rev. Isaac Bevan, D.D., a widely
known Baptist minister, died in Clark's
, Green, Penn., a few days since, aged seventyfive
years.
5 It took three weeks to obtain a jury in the
i trial of the eight Anarchists charged with
j killing policemen by throwing a bomb at
I Chi:ago.
t Acting Secretary Fairchild of the
| Treasury Department, has summarily dismissed
the chief of a division and two clerks
5 in his office for discreditable conduct in con*
. ne-.tion with examinations for promotion.
1 Additional nominations by the President:
Douglas W. Taylor, of Portland, Ore., to b?
Surveyor-General of Oregon; Lewis Williams,
of Missouri, to bo Commissioner for
Alaska; W. A. Selkirk, to be Register of tb,
( Laud Office at Sacramento, CaL'
[ Gilbert D. Williams, Indian Agent.
To be receivers of public moneys?Luke A.
' Burke, at Aberdeen, Dak.; William G.
' Hobbs, at Springfield, Mo.; James N.Welch,
at Detroit, Mich. Commodore James E.
[ Jouett to bo a Rear-Admiral; Commodor*
John H. Russell to be a Rear-Admiral; Captains
John Irwin and James A Greer to tx
Commodores; also numerous other nava'
promot'on?.
While an iron dealer was unloading (
mmn fiiwi with nld arfrtllerv material
which ba 1 been purchased from the Russiar |
i government at an auction sale in St. Peters j
1 burg, a 0-inch ehell exploded among a grou]
' of workmen and othtrs. Si deen rersons, in
cludiifg four children, were killed and sev
; eral more were injured. ,
! SEVERE HAIL-STORMS.
J Crops Almost Totally Destroyed?
Killed 1)}' Lightning.
t Ruin aud desolation mark the course of
i a bail-storm through the section ten miles
southwest of Kankakee,111. The storm moved
in a path threa to four miles wide,destroying
| every species of vegetation in it; path. Luxi
uriant fields of corn, six feet high, were ?. ut
close t?the ground. Timothy and cats were
mowed down a; though th-3 harvester had
i passed through them and scores of farmers
i are raking up these crops which hare nover
felt the touch of a sickh. Not ouly are
these crops cut to pieces by hail, but they are
in many cases fairly pounded into the ground.
Oil mauy farms $1 would be a big price
for the remnants of Jast season's labor.-!.
Every window on the north side of the
buildiugs on the tia ;k of the storm is riddled.
Houses and barns were unroofed and stock
killed. A'lara Fritz, in Pilot Township, was
struck by lightniug and killed. In Es;t?x
Miss Kate Shannon was prostrated by a bolt
1 which passed down the cnimney of the house
and seriously injured.
An electric storm, accompauied by hail
and rain, passed through Dixon, 111., and vi|
cinity, doiug great damns* to crops of all
kinds, especially fruit. Buildings have been
1 blown down in various places throughout '
the county.
HP. SUMMARY
OF CONGRESS
Senate Sessions.
140th Day.?Mr. Riddleberger's resolution
to hold executive sessions with open
doors was laid on the table.... Mr. Sewell,
from the Committee on Pensions, presented
the report in the case of the vetoed bill
granting a pension to Margaret D. Marchand,
widow of Commodore Marchand.
The Committee recommended
the passage of the bill over the
President's objections. Referred.... Tne
bill to establish agricultural experiment
stations in connection with agricultural colleges
was discussed without final action....
Immediately after the doors were closed in
executive session an order was made, upon
motion of Senator Ingalls, that the public be
excluded from the upper corridors^lobbies,
and"committee rooms, which order was carried
into effect at once. This resulted in
closing the office} of the Associated Press
and the telegraph companies and the ejectment
of a 1 the reporters from their quarters
in the Senate wine: of the CapitoL
141st Day.?Mr. Blair, from the Committee
on Pensions, submitted a report oil
twenty-three pension bills vetoed Dy the
President, and recommended that the bills
be passed notwithstanding: the President's
objection. Mr. Chandler read a report giving
the views of the minority of the Committee.
The reason assigned by the President in vetoing
each of these bills separately did not, the
mmority report said, call for gross criticism
or for the censure of the Senate. Mr. Kenna
moved that the report, views of the
miuui iuj, ouu an tuc papcis uc iv
committed to the Committee on
Pensions for consideration by that committee.
Mr. Teller sustained the motion,
and Mr. Blair consented to the re-committal
The Senate adopted Mr. Hoar's resolution
calling on the President for informatipn regarding
the sjlzure or detention'of American
vessels in foreign ports....The River and
Harbor bill was discussed.
142d Day.?The Chair, by request, introduced
a bill to stop all payments of public
money to James B. Eads, his associates or
assigns, for past, present or future work
at the mouth of the Mississippi
River until further ordered by Congress.
Referred.... The House bill granting
pensions to the soldiers and sailors of
the Mexican war was passed?The Senate
then resumed consideration of
the River and Harbor Appropriation
bill?the pending qnestion being on the
Hennepin Canal and the Michigan and
Illinois Caaal amendment. After further
debate the amendment was
agreed to?yeas 31, nays 22...f Mr.
Allison, from the Committee on Appropriations,
reported back the Sundry Civil
Dill, with amendments. Ordered printed.
143d Day.?Resolutions of the Convention
of Republican Editors of Ohio urging an investigation
of the charges as to the election
of Senator Payne, and two other memorials
on the same subject, were presented,
and referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections ... Mr. Beck gave notice of a
substitute which he will offer for the recommendation
of the Senate Committee
on Approbations in reference to
coin certificat2s .... Consideration of
the River aud Harbor Appropriation bill
was announced....The following bill was
passed: Appropriating 125,000 for a monument
at Stony Point, N. Y.. to commemorate
the Revolutionary battle there.
144th Day.?Fourteen pension bills from
the House were passed.... A long discussion
ensued on the River and Harbor Appropriation
bill Mr. McMillan moved that
the bill be recommitted to the committee
on commerce, with instructions
to amend it as voted in the Senata
and Committee of the Whole, except that in
each item of the bill and in the aggregate
there be a reduction of thirty per cent.; that
the committee amend the bill accordingly,
and report the same complete forthwith.
Mr. Butler characterized Mr. McMillan's
motion as a practical admission that the
Senate was not capable of preparing a
River and Harbor bill. After further
discussion Mr. McMillan withdrew
his motion, and the Senate proceeded
to vote on the various amendments to the
bilL The amendment accepting the grant
of the Illinois and Michigan Canal ana for
the construction of the Hennepin Canal
having been reached,. Mr. Edmund?,, demanded
the yeas and nays, which were
ordered. The amendment was adopted?
yeas, 27; nays, 20.
145th Day.?Mr. Pugh submitted the re
port of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections in the Payne case. Mr. Evarts
submitted tho views of himself and Messrs.
Teller aud Logan, and Mr. Hoar, from the
same committee, submitted the views of himself
and Mr. Frye, and they were all
ordered printed and referred to the
calendar. The first two report* are
opposed to, and the last report is in favor of
an investigation into the charges of bribery
in connection with the election of Mr. Payne
to the Senate by the Ohio Legislature.... The
conference report on the Legislative Appropriation
bill was accepted....Consideration
of the River and Harbor Appropriation bill
was resumed.
Honse Sessions.
102d Day.?Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) spoke on
the motion to refer to the Committee on Iuvalid
Pensions, the message of the President
vetoing the bill granting a pension to Sally
Ann Bradley. The speaker denounced the
action of the President He then detailed
the facts of the special bill under consideration
and commented on the fact, as he asserted
that the President had approved the
Fitz John Porter bill on the very day that
he had vetoed the bill granting a
pension to Sally Ann Bradley, tho
mother of four sons, two of whom had died
on the battle-field, and two of whom were in
the hospital, disabled. Fitz John Porter
would go on the pension roll,while Sally Ann
Bradley would go to tho poor-house, and this
was the Government which undertook to say
that it was d-aling generously and liberally
with its soldiers. Mr. Matson (Ind.) remarked
in reply that he had just learned that
in the Forty-seventh Congress a Republican
Committed of the Senate had
reported that the woman ought not to be
pensioned, for the same reasons that the
President thought she ought not to be pensioned
Mr. Long (Mass.) suggested that at
tbat time the woman had a husband living
who was in receipt of a pension. The bill
and message were then referred; yeas, 123,
nays 111....Various other messages were
read and referred until the veto message on
the bill granting a pension to Francis Denning
was read, when Messrs. Boutelle (Me.),
and Brumm (Penn.), made speeches attacking
the President and the Democratic part}'.
Mr. Curtin defended the President, saying
"this vituperation and abuse of the President
is all wrong." The last veto message was
one vetoing the bill granting a pension to
Joseph Romiser, and after debate it was referred.
1G3d Day.?The Speaker laid before the
House a message from the President an- j
nouncing his disapproval of a bill granting
a pension to Daniel B. Ross. Referre d to the
Committea on Invalid Pensions Mr. Conger,
from the Committee on Invalid Pensions,
submitted reports on the President's
vetoes of b lis granting pensions to Elizabeth
Luce, and Catherine McCarthy.
Ordered printed Mr. Belmont from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported
back a resolution requesting the
President to transmit to the House all
communications relating to the imprisonment
in Ecuador of Julio Santo*, an American
citiizen. Adopted Mr. Morrison, from
the Way and Means Committee, reported
adversely the Randall Tariff bill, and it
was refeiTrd to Committee of the
Whole. Mr. Breckcnridge, from the
same committee, report xl adversely the bill
repealing the tobacco-tax. Committee of
the Whole The Appropriation Committee
romr-tori thp Fortification Atmronr'alion bill.
104th Day.?The House went iuto Committees
of the Wh >le on the Senate amendments
to the Legislative Appropriation bill.
In neatly every ease the recommendations
of the Commi tes on Appropriations were
agreed to without debate and the nmeniinents
either con urred or nnn con urred in.
The Senate amendments increasing from
$4,000 to $5,0(;0 the salaries of the Commissioners
of Pensions and Patents were concurred
in.... Mr. King introduced a
resolution providing for the appointment
of a beard consisting of
four experts, civilian, and one naval officer
to select a suitable form and structure
for stool da 1, unarmed rams of not less than
5,000 tons displacement, with the most im
proved steering gear, and capable of stean
mg at a speed of not less than eighteen lau-tan
hour.
105th Day.?The Mexican Pension bill as j
amended by the Senate was referred to the
Committee on Pensions The bill grautiu^
a pension to Joseph Romiser was reported
back to the House from the Committee on
Pensions, with the recommendation that it
be passed over the President's veto... .Mr.
S ranton (Peun.) presented a petition
signed by 2,1'50 Knights of Labor in his
district urging legislation in the interest of
labor, which was referred?The joint resolution
directing the payment of the surplus
in the Treasury on the public debt came up.
Mr. Morrison (III.) said that all the money
in the country amounted to $1,556,000,00(1;
of this $525,000,030, or mo:e than one-third
of all the money in the country, was in the
Treasury at the time the joint resolution iwas
introduced. Mr.. His^ck (N." Y.) ?
insisted that the resolution wag
a declaration that United States bonds J
should be paid in silver dollars, and that the
world would so understand it. What had
induatd the Democratic party here, he asked
to antagonize the Administration which
it had placed in power? Mr. Morrison ,jrsuggested
that it was none of
Mr. Hiscock's business. Mr. Warner (Ohio).
offered an amendment providing that whenever
the circulating notes of national banks
are redeemed or canceled the Secretary of
the Treasury shall cau e to be issued in the
place of such notes United States notes astear
as may be in denominations of those
;ancele<L Mr. Weaver (Iowa) offered an
tmendment reducing the greenback reserve
? $50,000,000. : Y- J
166th Day.?The House went into Committee
of the Whole for the consideration of '
the surplus resolution. Mr. Morrison fUL) of-. *\_
fered the following amendment: "The sur- '
plus or balance herein referred to shall be the
available surplus ascertained according to
the form of the statement of the United
States Ti-easury of the asset* and liabilities
of the Treasury of the United States, employed
June 30, 1886. Mr. Hewitt (N. Y.)
opposed the resolution. Mr. Randall.?.'' J?
spoke in its favor. Mr. McKinley
moved to recommit the resolution witn
instructions to the Committee onWays
and Means to report it back with the
amendment previously offered by him. Lost
?yeas, 118; nays, 153. The joint resolution
was then passed?yeas, 207; nays, 67. Thirteen
Democrats voted in the negative and
r~i 4 ii-AnA PATMiKli/>ono in afRrmafma *
OUkVJ'~VliV XWQj/UUUVHiMO vuy ' ' "-VI T TT.
167th Day.?Mr. Holman (Ind) submitted
a conference report on the Legislative Appropriation
bill. Without;action, however,
the H use at 5 o'clock took a - recessuntil
8 o'clock.... At the night session
the House passed the following
bills reported from the committee on labor:
To prevent the employment of convictlabor
and alien labor upon public build- . H
ing8 and other public works: amending the
act to prohibit importation and immi
gration of foreigners and aliens under ' -I
contract or agreement to perform labor
in the United States; to protect mechanics,
laborers and tradesmen of the
District of Columbia in their
wages; the Senate bill providing for the payment
of per diem wages to government employes
on Decoration day and the Fourth of
July; directing the Commissioners of Laborto
make investigation in regard to convict
labor in the United States.
THE NATIONAL SAME.
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There is a boom in baseball In the Sooth.
Jersey City's colored pitcher is doing fine . - ;
work.
The Detroits hate lost few games on their
own grounds.
There are 102 players under contract iiv
the Southern League.
Yoiwo Handiboc, the Pittsburg pitcher,
is making a fine record.
The Virginia Baseball Association has been .
admitted to the National agreement.
Pittsburo is the first Association club tobe
whitewashed twice in succession, this season.
O'Rourke, prison and Connor are running
a great race to lead the League in the batting.
/
Smith and Decker, th9 new battery of the
Detroits, were purchased from the Macox*.
(Ga) Club.
The Association pitchers still hold their
own in batting. Of the first ten batters fiveare
pitcheri
In the League it is a close race between
Detroit, Chicago and New York for thechampionship.
Browning, the leading batsman of tbeAmerican
Association, has been suspended ' J
indefinitely for bad playing
Radbourn, of Boston, is rapidly gaining- ^
his old form. In the last 11 games only 6?Lits
have been made off his delivery. .
There is a growing demand for a National
League of umpires Until this is^brought
about umpires will always be in hot water.
* U.-U. 1. ? * rt tkaiM e*if nnJirlv
inb atiauuu ua*o iv iucu viw?*? hvw...
225 stolen bases for the present season. Thlj >
is more than any other club in the country
has. * _.\v*
The two youngest League clubs, the'Wash-.
ingtonsand Kansas Citys, have played two of
the longest and best games of tbe Leagueseries.
.
Latham has made more runs Tor the St.
Louis Club this season from base hits than
any other player in the American Association.
Ok the leading Southern teams three?At.
lanta, Nashville and Memphis?have the advantage
of finishing at home with sixteen^
straight games.
Hikes, of Washington, and Roto and
Richardson, of Detroit are the only men in
tbe League who have batted for a total of
ten in one game.
Thk New Yorks won nine of the twelvegames
which they playe 1 on their last western
tour, their defeats being one in Chicago
and two in Detroit.
PtTCHKft SroGG, of the Tale Club, struck,
out niuetytbreo in nine games, an average
of over ten to a game. He is to remain m
college two years longer.
J est think of it, a left fielder to pat bat
ten men in on? game. That's what Jones, of
he Cincinnatis. did in St Louis recently. ?
"We are under tna impression, says Sporting*
Life, that this has never been equaled ii?>.
professional base ball
The Boston Courier strongly insists that. %
"there is no second baseman who can compare
with Burdock in all-round play. Thera
are players who make less errors, hut for
accuracy and plays that require quickness*.
especially double plays, he has no Superior."
It may be noticed that tbe pitching is be*
<* * ' ?'l ? kaffiniv liflrktap
coming more eneuuve auu iuc ua^iul
This is due to the fact that the pitchers generally
have found their gauge and know exactly
the stuff their supporters are made of.
They have learned the weakn jss and strength
of opposing teams, have diseoverd just where
to insert the wedge of science and skill and.
arc therefore more effective.
national league record.
Won Lost. Won Lcxt,
Detroit 40 13 | Philadelphia..29 20
Chicago 38 14 | Boston 21 31
[ New York...35 18 I Washington...9 39
St. Louis 19 35 | Kansas City. 13 34
american association record. *
Won Lost. Won Lo*U.
St. Louis?45 22 Pittsburg 36 29
Brooklyn.... 34 29 Cincinnati...34 37
Athletic 26 32 Louisville.... 34 33
j Baltimore...21 38 Metropolitan.25 35
southern league record.
' Won Lost. Won Lost,
Atlanta 33 25 I Maton 30 24
i Augusta 21 31 | Savannah... 32 21
Charleston...27 32 I Nashville....39 24
Chattauooga.21 39 | Memphis....28 26
eastern league record.
TT'oii Lost. Won L<wL
Bridgeport.. .18 25 Meriden 12- 29
Hartford 23 17 Newark. 30 11
Jersey City...20 19 VVaterbury...28 12
international league record.
117m Lost. Won Lost.
TTfinn 25 ir I Binehamton . 13 S3
Toronto 32 15 Buffalo 18 26
Syracuse ... 25 18 Hamilton....26 19
Rochester ...27* 16 Oswego. 11 33
A REMARKABLE RAFL
3,500,000, Feet of Logs to be Towed
froin St. John to New York.
j The most remarkable raft of logs ever pufc
together is announced to leave St. John,
N. B., for New York. It is a cigar-shaped
cylinder four hundred feet long, with the
| beam and draught of a sea-going ^vessel, and
contains 3,500,000 feet of logs, us vmuc ?u
St* John is $35,000. It will be hauled by a
regular ocean steamer, which will follow the
coast pretty closely. The success of the enterprise
will depend on the weather. A storm
would doubtless cause a total loss. Tha object
is to save $S,0J0 duty, sawed timber being
taxed, while logs enter free.
Henry Irvino, who sails for New Yore
shortly, ha3 already seat personal invitations
to many of his American friends to meet
him at dinner at Delmonico's ou August 10.
He will b3 accompanied fro"u England by
eight or ten friends, among tho:n Miss Ellen
| Terry, who will bo the guest of Mrs. Henry
I Ward Beecher.
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